I like to watch people.
I like to listen to most people.
I like to pick a part the things they have said.
Growing up my mother said I should be a lawyer because I could split words and phrases with the best of them.
I still do it today.
I was listening to the radio a few weeks ago and I heard the story of a man that had passed away unexpectedly. I don’t remember how he died but I remember that the story didn’t make him out to have the best character in the world. Then came the quotes. “He was such a nice guy.” “He was the nicest guy in the world.” “You couldn’t meet a nicer guy.” “He was always caring and giving. The kind of guy you always want around and can count on.” And so on.
So this is my point. Why do we always say the nice things after someone is dead. And for that matter why don’t mean and nasty people die? Why don’t we here stuff like, “He was always a jerk to me.” “He was the biggest slacker at work, never did a thing.” “This guy had the cops called on him many times for beating his kids and wife.”
Do those people ever die and why don’t we hear about it? I am sure the world would be better off without them.
I asked someone these questions and the response was, “We never talk bad about a person after they die.” What? Says who?
Maybe all the jerks and creeps in the world need to know that after they die we are going to say what we really think and all the nice things will be saved for the truly nice people.
Almost all the blogs I follow have stopped posting. What the…? Is it the summer time? Is it the start of school? Did everyone have their fun with blogging the just kick it to the curb like last night pizza boxes? Post people, post. Write about anything. Write about other people not posting… oh, wait that topic has been covered. Write about the last month of TV watching with the Olympics, then 2 political conventions. Write about how hard it is to type with these long finger nails… I have to cut them before church tomorrow.
So I am writing this a new browser called Fluid. It is a Mac only application but it is very cool. It makes SSBs (Site Specific Browsers). Now I have a separate application for my blog. It is called Lost in TX and I created a cool icon for it and everything. This can be done with any site. The application can be restricted to certain domains. This my work wonders for the boys. Although the built in Parental Controls are very good. Grant is restricted to PBSkids and Nick Jr.
Speaking of Grant he just completed his second week of Kindergarten. He is big time now.
I admit I am not perfect in my job. Especially being so new. I don’t expect others to be perfect either just competent. So on Friday I called a certain pizza place to order dinner. I had received a mailer for buy one, get one free. I was trying to redeem it. The girl on the other end of the line was very difficult the understand. And for the second time since moving here someone on the phone asked my name which I readily gave. The reply came, “What?” Okay my name is not that hard to understand. I told Susan that I am going to say “Juan Gonzalez” next time. But that is not the point of the story. This girl took my order then when she tried to apply the coupon she couldn’t. Some one in the background said that is was an internet only order. But I wanted to do carryout. Susan was on her way to pick up the pizza. They said I could bring in the coupon if I wanted to order over the phone. That wasn’t going to work. So I tried the internet, but I quickly realized that there was no posted special equal to what I wanted and the mailer didn’t have a code to key in. I called Susan frustrated with the situation. She called and got the same response from the manager. What the heck? We were both in a bad mood after that. We had frozen pizza from Kroger… yum!